Corridor Intelligence

Joseph Soares
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Corridor Intelligence is Joseph Soares' strategic analysis show: geopolitics, capital, resources, and the decisions that move them. Each episode explains how power, institutions and money actually move, with every figure carrying its source. Joseph Soares served in the Prime Minister's Office of Canada through the 2008 financial crisis and was Chief of Staff in the Senate of Canada through the pandemic. The written analysis and the free daily Corridor Brief are available at josephsoares.com.

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    Daniel Veniez: "I Took No Salary to Fix a Failing Crown Corporation — Here's What It Took".

    Send us Fan Mail Daniel Veniez was handed a Crown corporation that had lost money for 30 straight years. He took no salary for the job — and within 18 months he had a new board, an unprecedented seven-year labour agreement, First Nations who now saw the terminal as theirs to help build, and the first repayment ever on what it owed the taxpayer. He advised three federal cabinet ministers in Brian Mulroney's government. He built his own companies in British Columbia. Then he was sent in to fix Ridley Terminals. Joseph Soares talks with him about what leadership actually is — and what it asks of the person doing it. In this conversation: What leadership is, and why a leader has to know the detailChallenging assumptions without sounding arrogantFixing a culture of complacencyWinning a seven-year labour agreement with a suspicious workforceMaking First Nations partners in the business, not recipientsWhat Canada–U.S. trade demands of a leaderWhy major national projects take timeWhen government should own a business, and when it shouldn'tWhat to do in week one at a struggling institutionIs leadership lonely? And what does it cost your family?CHAPTERS  0:00 Introduction  1:59 What is leadership?  3:43 Challenging assumptions without arrogance  5:19 Fixing a culture of complacency  8:00 A seven-year labour agreement  13:53 First Nations as partners in the business  20:39 Canada–U.S. trade and the leader's job  25:00 Why major projects take time  31:00 When government should own a business  34:02 Week one at a struggling institution  37:51 Is leadership lonely?  42:10 The cost to family Disclosure: Daniel Veniez appears in Joseph Soares' book, Leadership Under Fire (chapter three), coming October 20. He's here on the strength of his experience, not the book. Leadership Under Fire: https://josephsoares.com/book.html?ref=podcast The Corridor Brief: https://brief.josephsoares.com/?ref=podcast Joseph Soares built his early career in international business, developing trade and accounts globally, before serving in the Prime Minister's Office of Canada during the 2008 financial crisis and as Chief of Staff in the Senate of Canada during the pandemic. He runs a management advisory firm that helps businesses and governments work through high-stakes challenges. Corridor Intelligence is his analysis programme on power, institutions and decision-making. Thank you for listening to Corridor Intelligence. Website: josephsoares.com  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@corridorintelligence LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/soaresjoseph/ X: https://x.com/JosephSoares Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josephsoaresonline/ Telegram: https://t.me/corridorintelligence

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Corridor Intelligence is Joseph Soares' strategic analysis show: geopolitics, capital, resources, and the decisions that move them. Each episode explains how power, institutions and money actually move, with every figure carrying its source. Joseph Soares served in the Prime Minister's Office of Canada through the 2008 financial crisis and was Chief of Staff in the Senate of Canada through the pandemic. The written analysis and the free daily Corridor Brief are available at josephsoares.com.

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  • Creator
    Joseph Soares
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    1
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